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Monday, August 15, 2016

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One-stop service center for OFWs opens today, August 15


PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS (GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES)·MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2016

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is launching a one-stop shop for OFWs on Monday, August 15, where government frontline services are made accessible to Filipinos who are currently working or planning to work overseas.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said this is in response to President Rodrigo Duterte's directive to make it easier for OFWs to avail the services of the government.

Bello said the One-Stop Service Center for OFWs (OSSCO) is located at the ground floor of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration’s main office at Blas F. Ople Building in Ortigas Avenue corner EDSA, Mandaluyong City.

He said the one-stop service center is seen to reduce transportation expenses of OFWs and shorten the processing time of their documents.

Aside from making available to OFWs information on their respective programs and services and responding to queries of clients, the various government offices at the one-stop center will offer the following OFW services:

1. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
    • Passport Services
    • Passport Validity Extension for Balik-Manggagawa (vacationing Workers)
2. Overseas Welfare Workers Administration (OWWA)
    • Processing of OWWA Membership/Renewal of Membership
3. Technical Education and Skills Development (TESDA)
    • Assistance for Competency Assessment
    • Verification of Certificates and Special Order
    • Assistance for Replacement of National Certificates (NC)/Certificates of Competency (COC)
    • Training Assistance and Scholarship Program
4. Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
    • Issuance of Professional License
5. Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)
    • Issuance/ Revalidation of Seaman’s Book
6. Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF)
    • Processing of Pag-ibig Membership
7. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC)
    • Payment of Philhealth Contribution
    • Member registration and updating
8. Social Security System (SSS)
    • Registration and Membership Data Amendment
    • Acceptance of Loan and Benefits Claim Applications
    • Loan Verification and Status
    • UMID Capturing and Card Releasing
9. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
    • Processing and Copy Issuance of
       Certificate of Live Birth
       Certificate of Marriage
       Certificate of Death
       Certificate of No Marriage (CENOMAR)
10. Bureau of Immigration (BI)
     • Departure Clearance Information
11. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
     • Issuance of NBI Clearance
12. Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
    • Verification and Authentication of School Credentials
13. Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA)
     • Travel Tax Payment
     • Processing of Travel Tax Exemption and Reduced Travel Tax
14. Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)
     • Documentation of Workers (Landbased and Seabased)
     • Documentation of Workers-On-Leave/Balik-Manggagawa
     • Registration of Landbased Worker-Applicants
     • Verification/Certification of OFW Records
     • Provision of Legal Assistance

Bello said the Department of Labor and Employment is also setting up one-stop centers in all regions in coordination with the regional offices of the agencies cited above, local government units, and other partners and stakeholders.


The OSSCO in Ortigas and the regional offices will be open from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday to Friday, or in its discretion, with prior approval of the POEA or DOLE Regional Office, may extend the services during weekends and holidays.

Source: 
Presidential Communications (Government of the Philippines)

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